THE 
DICTIONARY OF FLOWERS. 
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ABUTILON (Ktjnth.) Nat. Order 
Malvcccece. A highly interesting genns 
of stove and greenhouse plants, widely 
spread throughout all the warm lati¬ 
tudes. Nearly the whole of them pro¬ 
duce yellow or orange coloured flowers, 
partially veined, or striped with red 
aud crimson. They grow rapidly when 
planted in sandy loam and peat, and 
propagation is easy, with cuttings, placed 
on a gentle heat, and covered with a 
small bell glass. 
ACACIA (Neckeu.) Nat. Order 
Legmninosce , § Mimoseat. An extensive 
group of really handsome plants, many 
of them assuming in their native positions 
the character of timber trees ; but with 
us are easily accommodated in a good 
conservatory, where their bright yellow 
flowers, produced in early spring, are 
highly ornamental. They are for the most 
part natives of New Holland and adja¬ 
cent countries, though a few have been 
found both in the East and West Indies. 
They succeed best when planted into the 
borders of a house, but may be satisfac¬ 
torily managed in pots, if placed in sandy 
peat and loam. Cuttings may be struck, 
in a gentle heat, under glasses, though 
young plants are more easily obtained 
from seeds, which are generally produced 
in abundance. The following are a few 
of the most beautiful: affinis, alata , 
biflora, dealbcita, elata , Houstoni, Lam- 
bertiana , leucocepliala , pendula, pidchella, 
verticillata . and villosa. 
AC AN THOPHIPPIUM (Bltjme.) 
Nat. Order Orchidacece. A small genns 
of orchidaceous plants, bearing singular 
orange-red, or white flowers, natives of 
Ceylon, Nepal, and other parts of the 
East. They require to be grown in 
pots, well drained, and filled with fibrous 
peat and moss, and to have a very high 
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temperature, containing much mo" dure, 
about them while growing. A. bicolor 
is the best. 
ACHILLEA (Linnaeus.) Nat. Or¬ 
der Asteraceas. Free, flowering, hardy, 
herbaceous plants, particularly suited to 
plant among rockwork, or in situations 
refused by more tender plants. They 
are chiefly European plants, several spe¬ 
cies being indigenous to our island, and 
the prevailing colours of the flowers are 
yellow and white. 
ACHIMENES ( Peesoon. ) Nat. 
Order Gesneraceee. One of the finest of 
modern introductions, the whole of the 
species being splendid summer ornaments 
of the greenhouse or conservatory. The 
scaly bulbs or rhizomas require to be 
kept perfectly dormant in whiter, and 
about January to be potted in light 
fibrous peat and leafmould, plunged into 
a moderate hot-bed, and encouraged Avith 
a warm genial atmosphere: when they 
have attained a few inches in Height they 
may be placed several together in a shal¬ 
low pan, or repotted separately, and by 
the end of April gradually inured to the 
temperature of the greenhouse, where 
they afford a blaze of beauty the Avhole 
of the summer. They are mostly natives 
of Mexico and Guatemala, though a few 
have been received from the West In¬ 
dies. Coccinea, long flora, grand flora, 
picta, pedunculata , and multflora, are 
the most beautiful. 
ACINETA (Lindley.) Nat. Order 
Orchidaceee . The large, curious, and 
richly coloured floAvers of the two spe¬ 
cies which compose this new genus, are 
remarkable even among Qrchidese. They 
are natives of South America, and re¬ 
quire to be grown in baskets of moss 
suspended from the roof of the stove, 
from the pendent character of the flower 
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